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By robertcranston, 8 February 2010 11:02 pm |

Saturday 6 February 2010

Saturday blossomed into a beautiful day so there could be no excuses for not getting out for a run, even with the inconvenience of a slight head cold.  I travelled down to Carlisle to take part in the second of the Urban Orienteering League races along with six other Reivers on a cross Border raid.  

This was my first attempt at an Urban race and I must say I enjoyed the experience.  The map style and the crowds took a little getting used to but the race around the centre of Carlisle still featured key elements of orienteering. Route choice and attention to detail were as important as ever, and staying in contact with the map can be tricky when you have just made a lung bursting dash up a flight of stairs (maybe I should have taken the lift).  

The start and finish were adjacent to the Tourist Information Centre in the heart of the pedestrianised area in the City centre and the Tourist Information also provided a convenient place for registration, results and changing .  

Competitors route’s took them on a tour of a few of the landmarks of the City centre;  the Cathedral, the Castle, the Park (including maze), Sands Centre, Tullie House and the Lanes Shopping Centre.  In the latter, much swift side-stepping was required  to avoid collisions with the large crowds of bemused Saturday afternoon shoppers.  Chris Patterson would have enjoyed this, if only French tacklers were as easy to manoeuvre past!

More than 180 runners competed and as ever Roxburgh Reivers were to the fore on the results board.  In the M55+class, 2009 League winner, Douglas Henderson continued his fine form, finishing only one second behind the winner Andy Lewsley (BorderLiners).  Kirstin Maxwell impressed with third place on the Women’s Open class, ahead of a few notable names, including clubmate Fiona Forrest who was placed eighth.   Karen Maxwell also finished third in the 16 and under age class.

The Men’s Open class was won by Scott Fraser (Interlopers) with James Tullie (Forth Valley) in ninth place.  Full results can be found here.

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By lindseyknox, 3 February 2010 9:58 am |

As a result of the snow we’re unable to get the new map of Lanton Woods completed in time, therefore the venue for our SoSOL on 21/3/10 has been changed to Elibank, near Walkerburn.

Our CATI on 27/2/2010, which was going to be at Elibank, has now moved venue to Bowmont Forest, near Kelso.

More details on both events via the links to the right of this page.

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By kirstinmaxwell, 27 January 2010 11:31 pm |

Kirstin leaving the first control.

The ESOC sprint was held last weekend at Kinneil Wood near Boness. The Maxwell family, who are regulars at this event, were the only Reivers to compete. There was almost no snow to be seen which was a pleasant change and the rained stayed off.

The event consists of a prologue where everyone  runs their course and this is followed by a second race which is a chasing start in which start times are base time plus the time taken to complete the prologue.

Kirstin had a strong clean run in the prologue to finish an excellent 9th on the course, a lot higher up than expected and over two minutes clear of the next female. Her dad Ian did not have such a good run losing atleast a minute on the second last control puting him back to 17th place overall and 10th veteran man. Karen had a good run to finish well up the field as 3rd junior girl l(38=) less than a minute behind fellow Scotjos memeber Rona Lindsay. Eileen had a steady run finishing a creditable 6th in the veteran womens class.

But that was only half the story, following exciting head to head racing Kirstin lost one place overall but took a further minute and a half out of Hazel Dean to comforatably finish 1st women in an excellent 10th overall. After catching 6 of his rivals early on, Ian let two of them past again after a  ”too safe a route” to the last control, to finish 7th in class and 13th overall, one minute behind Kirstin. Karen had another great run,  strongly breaking away from the pack on the run in to climb 4 places to 34th overall and maintain 3rd in class. Eileen also ran well sprinting down the run in to finish a very respectable 6th in class.

All in all it was a fantastic day and great practice for the JOK chasing sprint which follows the same format this weekend.

Karen strongly finishing, leaving the pack behind.

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By lindseyknox, 27 December 2009 4:42 pm |

15 runners had a good blast round Wilton Park in Hawick – all armed with a grid of 25 dates (historical ones not the edible ones) with the aim of finding 5 in a row as quickly as possible. Continue reading 'Boxing Day 2009'»

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By lindseyknox, 17 December 2009 10:48 am |

The 11th Glasgow Park Championships took place on 6 December and, as the Maxwell family always seem to enjoy the event, Jim and I decided to give it a go this year. Continue reading 'Glasgow Park Championships 2009'»

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By ianmaxwell, 11 December 2009 10:29 pm |

Results for the Selkirk Hill event on Saturday 5 December are below:

* = minute penalty for punching a wrong control

Orange 1

1^stNick Williamson 6:40

2^ndChristine Mahony 11:37

3^rdJames Purvis 21:09

4^thRiley Family 22:31

Orange 2

1^stNick and Georgia 11:26

2^ndJames Purvis 15:27

3^rdRiley Family 16:50

4^thJohn Biggar 24:56

Yellow

1^stSam and Andy 6:35

2^ndChristine Mahony 7:00

3^rdMathew and Ben 7:40

4^thDuncan and Iona 10:08

5^thGeorgia Williamson 12:44

6^thLewis Mahony 18:08

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By lindseyknox, 7 December 2009 11:54 pm |

RR held their annual Christmas “do” at Philipburn Hotel, Selkirk on Saturday 5 December 2009.

RR Christmas 2009 - Philipburn

Alan McNeilly organised a very festive meal Continue reading 'RR Christmas “do”'»

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By ianmaxwell, 28 November 2009 11:45 pm |

Unusually this years British Schools Orienteering Championships were held in the North of England enabling a large number of Scots pupils to attend. The event took place in dunes and parkland at Druridge Bay in Northumberland and attracted over 600 competitors.

Kirstin Maxwell running for Jedburgh Grammar School was one of 3 Scottish winners taking 1^st place in the Senior Girls race finishing more than 1 minute ahead of Sophie Kirk from Coventry. Karen running in the 3^rd year girls race (TD3 standard) finished top Scot ahead of her usual Aberdeenshire rivals but couldn’t match the pace of some of the bigger English girls on the fast later stages of the race.

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By ianmaxwell, 24 November 2009 11:01 pm |

Douglas Henderson has won the Super Veterans (Over 55) category of the Nopesport Urban League which consisted of the 10 main city races in Great Britain. Continue reading 'Nopesport Urban League'»

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By ianmaxwell, 24 November 2009 10:57 pm |

The Sheffield City Chase was the final round of the Nopesport Urban League, which consisted of the 10 major city races held in Great Britain this year and had attracted a very high standard of entry with Graham Gristwood, Oly Johnston, Rachel Elder and Jenny Johnston among the 220 competitors. Continue reading 'Sheffield City Chase'»